In the world of the 21st century, individuals and families constantly wrestle with the reality of time. The whirlwind that we call "everyday life" is powered and shaped by the pressure of schedules and deadlines, even with the availability of technology that is intended to make our fast-paced lives easier to manage. Studies indicate that people regard time as their most precious commodity.
King Solomon gave serious attention to the issue of time, and he reflected upon the subject in the third chapter of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes:
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven...I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds (Verses 1, 10-11a, NRSV).
Chuck Swindoll gives a helpful illustration of understanding time from the perspective of eternity. Imagine that your banker has informed you that an anonymous donor, who loves you very much, has decided to deposit 86,400 pennies ($864) into your account every morning for the rest of your life. This gift has one stipulation: you must spend all the money that same day! You would certainly give careful consideration to the use of that money, for you would lose it if you failed to use it!
Every morning Someone who loves us very much gives us 86,400 seconds (24 hours) to use, and that amount of time much be used that same day. "Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you want, but you can spend it only once." Time is truly a treasure. In Matthew 6.21, Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." As followers of Jesus, we must seriously consider how we invest our time, for it is directly related to our commitment to Him. As we prepare to enter a busy fall season, are we prepared to allow the Lord of All Time to become the Lord of OUR time?
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